Pictures: L.A. noir travel

The Museum of Death on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles features a "California Death Room," featuring Manson, Black Dahlia and other infamous crimes in our state. The Los Angeles

The Museum of Death on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles features a "California Death Room," featuring Manson, Black Dahlia and other infamous crimes in our state. The Los Angeles (Manny Crisostomo, Sacramento Bee, MCT)

The Los Angeles Police Historical Society Museum dedicated to the LAPD but also has plenty of grisly exhibits about cases that defined the city from the Black Dahlia, the Manon Family and the 1973 Symbionese Liberation Army shootout in South L.A. The Los Angeles of the '30s and '40s, as...

The Los Angeles Police Historical Society Museum dedicated to the LAPD but also has plenty of grisly exhibits about cases that defined the city from the Black Dahlia, the Manon Family and the 1973 Symbionese Liberation Army shootout in South L.A. The Los Angeles of the '30s and '40s, as... (Manny Crisostomo, Sacramento Bee, MCT)

Stacy Salgado, left, and DeSean Larkins look over the Manson exhibit which is part of the "California Death Room," at The Museum of Death on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles of the '30s and '40s, as depicted in its Noir novels and movies, lives on in a tour de noir.

Stacy Salgado, left, and DeSean Larkins look over the Manson exhibit which is part of the "California Death Room," at The Museum of Death on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles of the '30s and '40s, as depicted in its Noir novels and movies, lives on in a tour de noir. (Manny Crisostomo, Sacramento Bee, MCT)

The lobby of the Millennium Biltmore the famous downtown Los Angeles hotel retains its ornate, retro opulence. This LA landmark was, legend has it, the last place The Black Dahlia (aka Elizabeth Short) was seen in 1947 before her grisly murder. The Los Angeles of the '30s and '40s, as depicted...

The lobby of the Millennium Biltmore the famous downtown Los Angeles hotel retains its ornate, retro opulence. This LA landmark was, legend has it, the last place The Black Dahlia (aka Elizabeth Short) was seen in 1947 before her grisly murder. The Los Angeles of the '30s and '40s, as depicted... (Manny Crisostomo, Sacramento Bee, MCT)